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Making primary education work for India's rural poor : a proposal for effective decentralization (Английский)

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Are the requirements for effective learning in place in the rural Indian setting today? The answer is an unequivocal no. Looking at any metric of educational effectiveness, the picture suggests that these requirements are not in place and quality of ... Подробнее +Are the requirements for effective learning in place in the rural Indian setting today? The answer is an unequivocal no. Looking at any metric of educational effectiveness, the picture suggests that these requirements are not in place and quality of government schooling is low. Given that primary education in rural India suffers from systemic failures that need to be addressed, how does decentralization fit into the picture. It is important to distinguish that there are two distinct questions that arise. First, given that India has embarked on an ambitious process of decentralization, what is the best way to reform primary education in this decentralizing context. Second, given that rural primary education needs reform, is a well-designed decentralization proposal the right way to go about it. The facts that India's decentralization has been unbalanced, and that decentralization is not a magic bullet, together suggest that if we are to reform primary education in the current decentralizing framework, the exact design of the proposal becomes critically important - the details on what should and what should not be decentralized, and how this should be done, becomes fundamental to designing an effective proposal. The paper concludes with a concrete proposal for reform that is focused on teachers.
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